Stable, depending on manager you get a lot of support. Lots of benefits and resources at the corporate level. A friendly and collaborative environment that is less cut throat and better work life balance than the rest of the street.

Cons

Depends on manager, too much management, a lot of things need to get done but some managers are always looking for resources to manage but won't roll up their sleeves. You don't always have a well defined career plan if your manager needs you in your current position.

Advice to Management

HR and senior management need direct dialogues with employees, people are too dependent on personality, opinion and advice of their direct manager who will put their personal needs over the needs of the firm.

Promotes from within, and cares about employee career goals and line of business preferences. Leadership typically knows what they are doing, and they are able to distill corporate jargon into actionable objectives.

Cons

It's a big company, so there is lots of Koolaide to drink. Employees at this level are usually working a job, not a career.

Advice to Management

Digital initiative are good, and very important for the future of the company, but they should not come at the expense of the associates.

Former Employee - Vice President - Financial Solutions Advisor in New York, NY

Former Employee - Vice President - Financial Solutions Advisor in New York, NY

Recommends

Positive Outlook

No opinion of CEO

I worked at Bank of America full-time (More than 3 years)

Pros

Great benefits and work life balance and some great managers who Care at lower levels, however are pushed along by different focuses every other week that can be difficult to track when changed so often.

Cons

Upper management seems disconnected to the pulse in the centers. They give up on a strategy to quickly to see if it has any real effect.

Advice to Management

Pick a strategy and stick with it , giving it a chance before giving up and moving onto a different transformation. Change is good but to much change is not.